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CONGRESS TO TRUMP: ABOUT THAT BORDER WALL -- TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

Once again the Democrat Party points to the Republicans while they disadvantage poor and minority Americans by refusing to protect their interests against an invading horde of illegal aliens who take their homes, employment, medical care, and social benefits and leave more poverty, illiteracy, disease, and crime in their wake.

In an example of the bureaucratic bullshit and bafflegab that accompanies most every piece of important legislation, we present the relevant excerpt which shows the funding for the so-called border wall – now referred to as a primary pedestrian fencing – and the weasel-words meant to bollix up the actual construction…

CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H.J. Res. 31]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 31), making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, insert the following:

TITLE II SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONSU.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OPERATION'S AND SUPPORT

SEC. 230.

(a) Of the total amount made available under "U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, Construction, and Improvements," $2,370,222,000 shall be available only as follows: $1,375,000,000 is for the construction of primary pedestrian fencing, including levee pedestrian fencing, in the Rio Grande Valley Sector; $725,000,000 is for the acquisition and deployment of border security technologies and trade and travel assets and infrastructure to include $570,000,000 for non-intrusive inspection equipment at ports of entry; and $270,222,000 is for construction and facility improvements, to include $222,000,000 for humanitarian needs, $14,775,000 for Office of Field Operations facilities, and $33,447,000 for Border Patrol station facility improvements.

[OCS: How much money will remain after required repairs and replacements are made on existing barriers which have been decaying for years? In the totality of expenditures, the amount allocated by Congress is niggardly and totally inadequate. Especially when compared to the funding of other non-essential projects and causes.]

(b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(l) shall only be available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31), such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize agent safety.

[OCS: This requirement prevents newer and more advanced designs from being built.]

(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States an updated risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the United States that includes the elements required under subsection (a) of sec 231 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), which shall be evaluated in accordance with subsection (b) of such section.

[OCS: Does this mean another risk study must be performed and submitted to Congress, a further waste of time and effort as the risks are well-known at this time?]

SEC. 231.None of the funds made available by this Act or prior Acts are available for the construction of pedestrian fencing (1) within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge; (2) within the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park; (3) within La Lomita Historical park; (4) within the National Butterfly Center; or (5) within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wild life Refuge.

[OCS: Only the progressive socialist democrats prioritize insects, rodents, and butterflies over American lives and the pressures destroying our culture and economy. Nice to know that there will be designated corridors for drug dealers and human traffickers.]

SEC. 232.

(a) Prior to use of any funds made available by this Act for the construction of physical barriers within the city limits of any city or census designated place described in subsection (c), the Department of Homeland Security and the local elected officials of such a city or census designated place shall confer and seek to reach mutual agreement regarding the design and alignment of physical barriers within that city or the census designated place (as the case may be). Such consultations shall continue until September 30, 2019 (or until agreement is reached, if earlier) and may be extended beyond that date by agreement of the parties, and no funds made available in this Act shall be used for such construction while consultations are continuing.

[OCS: This is the democrat delay and obstruct clause that ensures that endless negotiations will halt the build-out of this crucial safety and security barrier.]

(b) Not later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary shall issue notices for public comment regarding construction of pedestrian fencing in the places identified in subsection (c). The notices shall afford the public not less than 60 days to submit comments on the location of proposed fencing in the affected areas. Not later than 90 days following the end of the comment period identified in this subsection, the Department shall publish in the Federal Register its responses to the comments received along with its plans for construction in the areas identified in the notice to which it is responding.

[OCS: More delay and obstruction.]

(c) The cities and census designated place described in this subsection are as follows:

(1) Roma, Texas.

(2) Rio Grande City, Texas.

(3) Escobares, Texas.

(4) La Grulla, Texas.

(5) The census designated place of Salineno, Texas.

[OCS: I was curious why these areas were special. So I turned to my friend named Google and found this…

Roma, Texas: A Smuggler's Paradise … “Thick brush and brambles, not to mention the invasive Carrizo cane that’s widely seen as an impediment to interdiction efforts, cover the river banks and deep arroyos here, offering ideal hiding places for humans and dope. More importantly, the town sits so close to the river that agents say it takes only 15 seconds to run from the soggy bank to the Dollar General store and other shops backing up to the Rio Grande. Right in front of those shops and neighborhoods sits Highway 83, where a vehicle full of immigrants or a few bundles of weed can soon melt into the rest of the traffic — and off to Dallas and Houston they go. <Source>

Why should I be surprised. It is always the progressive socialist democrats who provide aid and comfort to the illegal aliens – not to mention our international enemies like China, Iran, and Russia.]

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CONGRESS TO TRUMP: ABOUT THAT BORDER WALL -- TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLY

Once again the Democrat Party points to the Republicans while they disadvantage poor and minority Americans by refusing to protect their interests against an invading horde of illegal aliens who take their homes, employment, medical care, and social benefits and leave more poverty, illiteracy, disease, and crime in their wake.

In an example of the bureaucratic bullshit and bafflegab that accompanies most every piece of important legislation, we present the relevant excerpt which shows the funding for the so-called border wall – now referred to as a primary pedestrian fencing – and the weasel-words meant to bollix up the actual construction…

CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H.J. Res. 31]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the joint resolution (H.J. Res. 31), making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the Senate amendment, insert the following:

TITLE II SECURITY, ENFORCEMENT, AND INVESTIGATIONSU.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION OPERATION'S AND SUPPORT

SEC. 230.

(a) Of the total amount made available under "U.S. Customs and Border Protection--Procurement, Construction, and Improvements," $2,370,222,000 shall be available only as follows: $1,375,000,000 is for the construction of primary pedestrian fencing, including levee pedestrian fencing, in the Rio Grande Valley Sector; $725,000,000 is for the acquisition and deployment of border security technologies and trade and travel assets and infrastructure to include $570,000,000 for non-intrusive inspection equipment at ports of entry; and $270,222,000 is for construction and facility improvements, to include $222,000,000 for humanitarian needs, $14,775,000 for Office of Field Operations facilities, and $33,447,000 for Border Patrol station facility improvements.

[OCS: How much money will remain after required repairs and replacements are made on existing barriers which have been decaying for years? In the totality of expenditures, the amount allocated by Congress is niggardly and totally inadequate. Especially when compared to the funding of other non-essential projects and causes.]

(b) The amounts designated in subsection (a)(l) shall only be available for operationally effective designs deployed as of the date of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115-31), such as currently deployed steel bollard designs, that prioritize agent safety.

[OCS: This requirement prevents newer and more advanced designs from being built.]

(c) Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and the Comptroller General of the United States an updated risk-based plan for improving security along the borders of the United States that includes the elements required under subsection (a) of sec 231 of division F of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115-141), which shall be evaluated in accordance with subsection (b) of such section.

[OCS: Does this mean another risk study must be performed and submitted to Congress, a further waste of time and effort as the risks are well-known at this time?]

SEC. 231.None of the funds made available by this Act or prior Acts are available for the construction of pedestrian fencing (1) within the Santa Ana Wildlife Refuge; (2) within the Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park; (3) within La Lomita Historical park; (4) within the National Butterfly Center; or (5) within or east of the Vista del Mar Ranch tract of the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wild life Refuge.

[OCS: Only the progressive socialist democrats prioritize insects, rodents, and butterflies over American lives and the pressures destroying our culture and economy. Nice to know that there will be designated corridors for drug dealers and human traffickers.]

SEC. 232.

(a) Prior to use of any funds made available by this Act for the construction of physical barriers within the city limits of any city or census designated place described in subsection (c), the Department of Homeland Security and the local elected officials of such a city or census designated place shall confer and seek to reach mutual agreement regarding the design and alignment of physical barriers within that city or the census designated place (as the case may be). Such consultations shall continue until September 30, 2019 (or until agreement is reached, if earlier) and may be extended beyond that date by agreement of the parties, and no funds made available in this Act shall be used for such construction while consultations are continuing.

[OCS: This is the democrat delay and obstruct clause that ensures that endless negotiations will halt the build-out of this crucial safety and security barrier.]

(b) Not later than July 1, 2019, the Secretary shall issue notices for public comment regarding construction of pedestrian fencing in the places identified in subsection (c). The notices shall afford the public not less than 60 days to submit comments on the location of proposed fencing in the affected areas. Not later than 90 days following the end of the comment period identified in this subsection, the Department shall publish in the Federal Register its responses to the comments received along with its plans for construction in the areas identified in the notice to which it is responding.

[OCS: More delay and obstruction.]

(c) The cities and census designated place described in this subsection are as follows:

(1) Roma, Texas.

(2) Rio Grande City, Texas.

(3) Escobares, Texas.

(4) La Grulla, Texas.

(5) The census designated place of Salineno, Texas.

[OCS: I was curious why these areas were special. So I turned to my friend named Google and found this…

Roma, Texas: A Smuggler's Paradise … “Thick brush and brambles, not to mention the invasive Carrizo cane that’s widely seen as an impediment to interdiction efforts, cover the river banks and deep arroyos here, offering ideal hiding places for humans and dope. More importantly, the town sits so close to the river that agents say it takes only 15 seconds to run from the soggy bank to the Dollar General store and other shops backing up to the Rio Grande. Right in front of those shops and neighborhoods sits Highway 83, where a vehicle full of immigrants or a few bundles of weed can soon melt into the rest of the traffic — and off to Dallas and Houston they go. <Source>

Why should I be surprised. It is always the progressive socialist democrats who provide aid and comfort to the illegal aliens – not to mention our international enemies like China, Iran, and Russia.]